Decision-Making in Acute Nursing Care (10 cr)

Learning outcomes

The students will be able to
analyse the basis of decision-making in a multidisciplinary team in clinical nursing
describe nurses’ responsibilities and obligations in assessing the need for and urgency of care
make decisions by using methods of clinical examination of the patient, care need assessment, digital decision aids and consultation
recognise changes that threat vital functions and plan, implement and evaluate clinical nursing procedures that support vital functions
explain the main illnesses and injuries in the field of surgery and the medical grounds for care
describe the different fields of anaesthesiology and the different anaesthesia forms
plan, carry out and evaluate perioperative nursing
justify the practices and medicines used advanced life support
plan, implement and evaluate administration of intravenous medication, infusions and nutrition

Location and time

The dates and times for the lectures and lessons - please see Pakki
Re-takes for acute care exam on general examination days May & June.
Re-takes for infusions & transfusions exam on general examination April

Materials

For Acute Care Nursing Theory:
- Brunner and Studart: Textbook of medical and surgical nursing.- This book also for Surgical Nursing
- Philip Woodrow: Intensive Care Nursing
- Patricia Gonce Morton & Dorrie K. Fontaine: Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
- Markku Mäkijärvi ym.: Akuuttihoito- opas
- Marianne Baird & Susan Bethel: Manual of Critical Care Nursing
- E-book: Booker, Kathy : Critical Care Nursing : Monitoring and Treatment for Advanced Nursing PracticeF
- ALS on-line course material
- Surgery and anesthesiology on-line materials
- Material given during lectures

Teaching methods

Participation to contact lessons and lectures as well as compulsory workshops (Workshops under the code V1611)..
Also on-line studies are part of this study unit.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Criteria below are not met.

Content scheduling

V1609 Decision-Making in Acute Nursing Care 10 credits study course has the following parts:
1. Acute Care Nursing theory
1a Acute care nursing theory 2cr (teacher Lotta Tiikkainen)
1b Medication care and calculations 2 cr (teacher Sari Juvonen)
2. Perioperative and surgical nursing 2.5 op (teacher Marja Tanskanen)
3. Infusion therapy & transfusions 1 op (teacher Mika Alastalo)
4. Advanced Life Support (on-line) 0,5 cr if needed (Riikka M.+ Lotta)
5. Surgery and anesthesiology (on-line) 2 cr if needed

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

Please note:
The workshops and simulations are taught in V1611 Professional Development in practice.